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  • can't
    /kyan(g)/ [Atlantic; cf. DIE can used for Std. E. do or will, esp. in negative; also Liberian (d'Azevedo 8)] negator,
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  • can lamp
    n. a lamp made from a tin can filled with kerosene and a rag for a wick. (Andros, San Sal.)
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  • cankerberry
    (Gen.); cankyberry (San Sal., Mayag.); crankleberry (Ragged) [OED cankerberry 1756 only; W3, DJE also Solanum bahamense] n. a plant, Solanum bahamense, with
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  • canimo
    /kanimów/ [etym?] n. a fish, Synodus saurus. = BLUE-STRIPE LIZARD FISH
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  • cane tea
    [Cf. TEA] n. a hot drink made from sugar cane: We grind de cane and boil de water from de cane,
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  • canes
    [W3 pl. canes or cane (unclear whether this includes all senses); OED "canes . ful of sugre" 1481] n. pl. stems of
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  • canep
    See GUINEP.
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  • canelly
    See CAMALLY.
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  • cane grass
    [W3 different sp.; from resemblance to sugar cane] n. a plant, Lasiacis divaricata: 1920 (Britton 25). = WILD CANE cf.
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  • candle bush, candle tree
    [from similarity of flowers' erect  racemes to candles] n. a shrub, Cassia alata: 1978 (Higgs 3). (Exuma, Mayag.)
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